"Partners providing significant funding for the program are representative of each region of the state."
Once the findings are collected and tabulated this fall, DataHaven expects the results to be used extensively by the many government, healthcare, academic and community partners throughout the state.
The [survey] input will be vital, according to Jim Williamson, president of the Community Foundation [of Greater New Britain], as the Foundation considers major, new community leadership and funding initiatives.
You may have seen the 2014 Community Well-Being Rankings, released this week by Gallup-Healthways. But what these types of rankings may mask is the wide range of well-being levels experienced by individuals within those metro areas, regardless of their ranking.
While the potential for “big data” to empower disadvantaged communities grabs people’s attention, the application of smaller sets of data has always had as much — if not more — practical application to city governments and nonprofits.
Link:
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/neighborhood-data-bog-data-planning-phone-survey
Authored By
Valley Community Foundation with DataHaven (Mary Buchanan and Mark Abraham)
Date
March 03, 2015
Partners
The Valley Community Foundation, Morrison Downs Associates, Inc.
Commissioned by the Valley Community Foundation, DataHaven collected and analyzed data about life in seven Lower Naugatuck Valley towns. Guided by an advisory committee of local stakeholders, DataHaven chose to focus specifically on “the Valley’s” changing demographics, health and basic needs, early child care, and economic and educational opportunities. A more comprehensive analysis of the region will be published in the form of the 2016 Valley Community Index in Spring 2016.
Commissioned by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, DataHaven analyzed the recent demographic, social, and economic impact of immigration in the region.
Click the link below to view the main report page.
Authored By
Mark Abraham (DataHaven)
Date
December 12, 2014
Partners
South Central Regional Council of Governments, Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP, Workforce Alliance
Commissioned by the South Central Regional Council of Governments, the region’s branch of the NAACP and the Workforce Alliance, DataHaven analyzed how transportation — or lack thereof — keeps people out of the workforce in Greater New Haven.
Most entry and mid-level jobs are located outside of downtown New Haven, while the majority of low-income adults live in the city. This spatial mismatch between supply and demand for regional jobs makes access to transportation a crucial issue to regional economic opportunities.
Measure of America, at measureofamerica.org, is a tool for understanding the distribution of well-being and opportunity throughout America. The American Human Development Project provides easy-to-use yet methodologically sound tools for understanding the distribution of well-being and opportunity in America and stimulating fact-based dialogue about key issues: health, education, and living standards.